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Strategic teams

Is your team still focused on the work that truly matters?

Overview

Value is created when the work being done aligns with the long-term needs of customers and stakeholders. However in an increasingly volatile and uncertain world, requirements can shift, expectations can change and value can easily be lost.

The Strategic Teams workshop brings team members together to see the bigger picture, make sense of what is changing, and refocus their efforts on the work that truly matters. Spending a single day engaging and realigning your team could save weeks, or even months, of lost productivity.

Through this session, teams develop the skills futurists use to make sense of the future, then work to identify, understand, and prioritise the trends impacting their work. As teams build strategic awareness they will clarify what they should be planning for, what projects need to be prioritised and, crucially, what should be left behind.

Participants will walk away with:

The Challenge

Why This Workshop?

We’re operating in a time of heightened uncertainty and change, which can erode effectiveness, collaboration and wellbeing. This workshop helps teams cut through the overwhelm by identifying and prioritising the core drivers of change, creating shared understanding and realigning individual efforts on the work that truly matters. The ability to continuously adapt and focus on what drives value is what sets high-performing teams apart in a shifting environment.

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Audience

Who is This For?

Designed for teams at all levels, including boards, executive, project and work teams, as well as small to mid-sized departments and small organisations. The workshop is particularly relevant for teams facing significant change or high levels of turnover who want to get back on the same page.

Timing

Ideal Timing

The Strategic Teams workshop should be integrated into your business cycle, either at the start of the calendar year as part of annual planning and budgeting, or as a session in executive or team off-sites. The workshop is also highly relevant following new team formation and restructures where there is a need to align understanding and priorities.

Outcomes

Workshop Outcomes

Create shared understanding

Develop a shared map of your operating environment and key drivers of change.

Identify risks and opportunities

Spot emerging strategic & operational risks, and opportunities facing your team.

Reduce
overwhelm

Focus on what matters by clarifying which drivers of change are most important.

Align work on what matters

Use shared insights to prioritise team efforts on the work that creates value.

Ready to explore what’s next and how to get there?

Step out of the day-to-day and gain shared clarity on what’s changing and what to do next. This Strategic Team Workshop helps teams align, think strategically, and move forward with purpose.

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Enquiry form

If you’d like to find out more about The Power of Being Strategic Workshop for in house delivery, or want to know about upcoming public workshop dates, fill out the form below or call 1300 66 55 85  (within Australia).

Work With Simon

If you’re considering engaging Simon please reach out to book a to chat. You can do this by filling out the form below, contacting Sarah at 1300 66 55 85 (within Australia), or emailing her at sa***@*************om.au. If it’s for a speaking engagement please provide the event date and any information that might be helpful.

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